Straw or feed cutter.



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Application filed April 29,1898. Serial No. 679.I92.

PATENT A OIF-sien..

sTRAwoR y Fisso CUTTER.

628,287, dated July 4, 1899.

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Be it known that I, C'L'ARrnscIsV CHRISTIAN SMALLEY, a citizen of the United States, re

sidingl at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw or Feed Cutters; andA I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and ek'- act description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon''" The present'invention provide a straw or feed matically-yielding safety-roller' to take the place of the hand of the operator in spreading out the straw or other substance which is compressed before it passes to the main feed-rollers of the machine, thereby acting as a complete safety-gu ard against the operator-"s hands being injured by accidentally getting them under the roller.

has for-its object to The invention consists in a device con-z structed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter 4described and claimed. i Figure l of the drawings represents a longitudinal vertical section of a straw or feed eutte'r embodying my invention; Fig. View in perspective of the safety-roller and its attachments. I

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the straw or feed cutter, and B the endless carrier engaging with sprocketwl1eels C Dflthp former being connected with the u'siial-,Inechanism for rotating the same. The frameatoneend is provided with the usual chute F and'rotatable cutter E and the feed-rollers G Il, the upper one of said rollers being made yielding in the usual manner. Y

The several parts of'the machine abovereferred to maybevariousl y m odi fied orchan ged ,as found best adaptcd'to the pu1pose,this being one of rnany. forms of straw or-fecd cut ters to ,which my'inventiou is applicable, and therefore do not wish to be understood as Iconfining myself to the construction shown. The essential feature of the invention resides in the safety-roller I, which may beot Inetal or wood or of any suitable material that cutter with an auto- 2, a detail.

would be' considered most suitable. This roller is arranged over the endless carrier Il and is journaled to'the'lower ends of twoarmed levers K, connected together by bracerods J. 'lhe upper or horizontal arms of the levers are pivotally connected to suitable standgirds' M, whereby said roller will have an autoin-atically-yielding motion. i not only act as braces to the levers, but serve to connect thereto the guard-plate L,whieh guard-plate serves a double it prevents the corustalks or The rods J 6o purpose, in thatgf fodder which is Ybeing fed to the machine froinescaping the roller under which itis to pass, thereby getting to the feed-rollers and ycutter in proper shape. The' plate also makes 'an absolute safety-guard foI1; the feeders hands to prevent the danger 'f hands beyond thesafety-roller-Ifand in com the operator extending his tact with the feed-rollers G II. vThis safety-kl guard device, comprising theroller I and the guard-plate L and the pivotal connections for the roller, provides a simple and effectiveelement in straw or feed cutters that will. prevent the danger to the hands of the operator.

If the operator through carelessness gets his Y hand caught under the roller I, the device be ing pivoted as hereinbefore"described, the;

saine will automatically rise t'o n'able the release'of theI hand, while the guard-plate prevents thefhand from being brought i'n-.con-

vtact with the feed-rollers G H.

It will be seen upon reference to` the guard has at top and bottom lugs, through which pass the biace-1'ods, the said lugs bear# ing against the inner faces of the levers, and thus the rods serve not only to brace the leves' andholdthem "at a predetermined distance apart, but also to hold thevgpard-plate in its position and dispensing with tlieieces` sity ot' other means for this purpose.

Having now fully described 'my invention, what I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f 1. In a straw and'feed cutter,an endless car- Fig. 2 that" rier, standards rising from the'frammleve'rs pivotally mounted at one endon said standards and having substantially vertical por.-

tions, a roller journaled in the free ends of" l said vertical portions, a brace-rod connectingsaid levers, and a guard-pleite secured on the brace-rod between the said levers subsiantially parallel with the vertical portions thereof, :Ls and for the purpose specified.

5 2. The combination with the elbow-levers, rods connecting the same at the elbows and also near the free ends of the vertical portions, aud a, roller journaled in the free ends.

y of the vertical portions,Y of a guard extending ro parallelwith the vertical portions and havl ing lugs arranged against the inner faces of j the levers and held by the brace-rods, as g shown and described. l

In testimony that I claim the above I have herenntosubseribed my naine in the presence 15 of two witnesses.

CLARENCE *CHRISTIAN SMALLEY. Witnesses:

TIMOTHY KELLEY,

g LOUIS 1I. Gmini. 

